Hartlepool United plan to keep York City guessing says Sam Collins

Sam Collins will give no clues about Hartlepool United’s formation at York City

But there is one thing he is making no bones about – Pools chasing a third win on the spin (kick-off 3pm).

If we keep playing the way we are, it doesn’t matter who we play against or what formation we come up against

SAM COLLINS

The assistant boss looks set to take charge of Pools in the League Two match at Bootham Crescent, with manager Ronnie Moore in Spain with his daughter, Charlotte, after she was taken ill on holiday.

Collins sent out Pools in a positive 4-3-3 formation in Tuesday night’s Capital One Cup win, which followed a 2-0 League Two victory over Morecambe, when they used the same system.

York favour a 3-5-2, a set-up Pools seemed certain to use at the start of the season, until Moore and Collins went with a three-pronged attack of Billy Paynter, Rakish Bingham and Scott Fenwick against Morecambe.

After the cup shock at Highbury, Collins intimated the Pools management team had faith in the 4-3-3, but today insisted that it’s about players and not systems.